This period is often the most chaotic period of people's hearts, from the king to the people. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Therefore, after Jin Aizong learned that the statue of Taizu of the Jin Kingdom was unearthed in the Song Kingdom, he regarded this as a revelation from God to himself, as long as he got the statue of Taizu, he could be blessed by the ancestors and let the Jin Kingdom prosper again.

Especially after the envoy of the Song Kingdom secretly painted the face of the statue and sent it to the Jin Kingdom, Jin Aizong was even more determined to welcome back the holy elephant with an attitude of believing it rather than believing it. If it weren't for the revelation from heaven, why would the face of the statue be the same as the remains of Taizu hidden in the palace?

So Jin Aizong urgently ordered Qin to send a special envoy to the Song State, hoping to get the three statues from the Song people, no matter how much it cost. As for why he wanted the statues of Temujin and Jochi, it was because the people of the Jin Kingdom believed that it was the luck of Mongolia, and as long as the two sacred icons were damaged, the luck of Mongolia would naturally take a sharp turn for the worse, and the danger of the loss of the country would be able to pass safely.

On the Mongol side, Ögedei and Torre were fighting for the throne of Khan, and after the news of the statues of Temujin and Jochi came from the Song Kingdom, the two of them regarded whoever could bring back the icons of their father and brother was more qualified to inherit the throne.

Although Ögedei had ascended to the throne, Torre refused to admit it, and Ögedei wanted to take the opportunity to prove to the Mongol tribes that he was the one who carried on his father's and brother's legacy, and so did Torre. Therefore, the two of them sent envoys to the Song Kingdom one after another, unable to pay much price, and unable to use any means to bring back the icons of Temujin and Jochi.

The attitude of the Song Kingdom was also inexplicable, the court fought endlessly, Shi Miyuan couldn't suppress it in a word, and finally the Son of Heaven ruled that the three statues were openly auctioned, and the highest price was won.

The auction then took place on a merchant ship in Hangzhou Bay, and then an auspicious day of the zodiac was chosen by the national teacher, which took place on the seventh day of the third month.

It is only mid-February now, and the reason why the time span is so long is to give Mongolia and the Jin Kingdom time to prepare their belongings, and there is a Jin Kingdom between the Mongolia and the Song Kingdom, and the transmission of news is not smooth, so more time is needed for them to deliver the news.

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On the seventh day of the first month of March, presided over by Zhao Zheng, the envoys of the Jin State and Mongolia boarded the big ship.

The Song Kingdom had already inspected the goods for them in advance, and the crystal clear and lifelike made them believe that this was definitely not a human thing, not to mention that the statue was no different from a real person, so how could they not believe that this was a heavenly thing, not to mention that this thing had also caused a huge controversy in the Song Dynasty's court, could it be that the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces would come together to deceive them?

The envoy of the Jin State was the elder brother of Jin Aizong, Wanyan Shouchun, who was named King Jing, and was a well-known and powerful figure in the Jin State, and as for the Mongolian side, Kowotai sent his eldest son Guiyou, that is, Yuan Dingzong, who would inherit the unification in the future, at the age of twenty-four. Torre's eldest son, Möngke, was only a weak crown, so for the sake of safety, Torre sent his younger brother Uluchi, Temujin's many concubines, as envoys to the Song Kingdom.

All three parties sent heavyweights, which shows the importance attached to this auction.

The three of them are all big names in their respective camps, but at this time, they saw that there was still a force on the ship, and the leader was a fat Song countryman, and there were two Taoist priests standing next to him, which made people confused, so they asked Zhao Zheng in confusion.

In order to prevent the three parties from reaching an agreement in private, they did not raise the price, and they all traded at the reserve price. Zhao Zheng deliberately asked Wang Fucai of Zaoyang Commercial Bank to come in and intervene.

"This is a representative of the patriotic businessmen of the Song Kingdom, and he didn't want this holy elephant dragon to return to the sea, so he decided to fight for it, so he also represents the voice of my Song businessmen."

Gui You couldn't help but be furious when he heard this: "You are cheating! Didn't you say that only a few of us came? After you finished speaking, the translator next to him shouted in the same tone.

Mongolia has its own language, and most of them do not speak Chinese, except for a few people of insight. Unlike the serious sinicization of the Jin Kingdom, not many people in the Jin Kingdom know their own language and writing.

For example, the King Jing in front of him can only speak Chinese, not Jurchen.

Although Gui You has a face full of meat, at first glance it is a standard butcher statue, Zhao Zheng is not afraid, this is the territory of the Song Kingdom. And the boat was full of swords and axes of the Song State, and he was not at all afraid of the future Mongolian Great Khan.

"Xiaodao only said that the one with the highest price will get it, and it doesn't only stipulate that only you can participate in the Mongolian Jin Kingdom, you must know that many people in my Song Kingdom can say that they want to destroy these three holy relics, otherwise there will be this court dispute! You love to come, don't come! ”

Zhao Zheng's tough tone made many officials on the ship frown, such a big matter, of course the court would send someone over to supervise the record. And the person who came was Zhao Zheng's acquaintance Li Zhixiao, with the lesson of the last time, Li Zhixiao didn't dare to say anything, but just heard the words on the side and comforted: "National teacher, there is no need to offend this prince, focus on the overall situation." ”

Zhao Zheng swept his eyes impatiently, Li Zhixiao honestly shut up, Shi Miyuan is getting old, and he has to start anew for his future, it is not a good thing to offend the national teacher at this time.

Gui You heard Zhao Zheng's words, he was furious and was about to go crazy, seeing that Zhao Zheng had no fear on his face, he knew that he was not enough to scare the young man in front of him, so he honestly stayed where he was, he was irritable, but he was not a fool, he knew the severity of the matter, so he stopped speaking.

And the Uluchi sent by Torre stood there like a sword, without a single glance from beginning to end, in the standard military style, looking at everything on the field with cold eyes, like the eyes of a wolf.

From the first day he came to Lin'an, he heard about the key role played by Zhao Zheng in this auction, and he personally brought a lot of money to visit, went to Baiyun Taoist Temple, played the family card, and said that he was out of the Jin Kingdom with Zhao Zheng, even if he was a Han and hated the Jin Kingdom, but he had to have a share of the incense for the Jin Kingdom, and he couldn't see the Jin Kingdom being destroyed by the barbarians. Zhao Zheng wanted to pit the Jin State, so he immediately pretended to hesitate and gave Wan Yan Shouchun a few words, the gold and silver are not enough, you can exchange the land for it, Shandong is full of rebels, and the Jin State has long lost its rule over it, and the Jin State can cede those states and counties that are not in his hands to the Song State as financial ......

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Zhao Zheng saw that everyone had arrived, and he was not verbose, so he announced the start of the auction.

The first auction was the statue of Jochi, anyway, these three statues are the most worthless in Jochi, although Jochi is the eldest son of Temujin, but the prestige in the Mongolian army is not as good as his brothers, the reason why Zhao Zheng wants to make the statue of Jochi is to test the reaction of all parties.

"Jochi Holy Elephant, the low price is 3 million guan, each time the price is increased by 200,000 guan, another horse can be converted into 80 guan, a cow is counted as 50 guan, and a sheep is converted into 20 guan."

The Song Dynasty has been short of horses, in the Northern Song Dynasty, a horse generally has to be ten, to the Southern Song Dynasty even more, according to the food records to the middle and late Southern Song Dynasty, the transaction price of a horse in the Huizi about 130, considering the depreciation of the Huizi and other factors, so about seventy is the market price of this era, of course, the price of various places in the Song Dynasty is different, this does not do deep correction. The reason why Zhao Zheng chose to slightly increase the price of cattle, horses and sheep is because this thing has a price and no market, not to mention this kind of big village trading, and he is doing a business without capital, so that the other party feels that there is sweetness to make, which is a good way.

Sure enough, Guiyou and Uluchi's eyes couldn't help but light up after hearing this price, Mongolia lacks gold and silver, but there are as many cattle and horses as cattle and horses, and it seems that this time they can't have much blood. didn't expect that all this was Zhao Zheng deliberately emboldening them, so that they could make unscrupulous offers.

Jochi's icon had just opened, and sure enough, they were all focused on the other two icons.

"Three hundred and twenty." Wanyan Shouchun first tentatively quoted a price, he didn't believe that the Mongols would let the holy elephant of Jochi fall into the hands of the Jin Kingdom, they would definitely have to fight, so that they would spend their money, and there would be no strength left to compete with him for the holy elephant below.

Unexpectedly, no one responded when he shouted the first price.

Zhao Zheng made a look, Wang Fucai understood, and directly reported four million yuan.

Zhao Zheng saw that the Mongolian side had not made any moves, so he smiled coldly.

"Four million for the first time, is there any?"

Guiyou and Uluchi were both looking at each other, and they seemed to be roaring, Damn, you should hurry up, quote. Both sides are waiting to pit each other, and there is no offer.

"Was there a second time?"

Wanyan Shouchun saw that the two people in Mongolia did not bid, and thought that there was no need to raise the price by himself, and he might even trap himself if he was not careful, so he was silent.

Guiyou and Uluchi, on the other hand, directly began to talk in Mongolian, trying to provoke the other party to bid. Unexpectedly, three or two sentences aroused the anger of the other party, and they quarreled directly.

Then when Zhao Zheng called for the third time, no one listened.

"Deal!" Zhao Zheng's hammer fell.

Wang Fucai came to the stage with a smile on his face, took the statue of Jochi, and then shouted loudly to the sky: "The ancestors and the ancestors are above, Wang Fucai once again destroyed the thief Kou Guoyun and destroyed the holy elephant, I hope the ancestors and the ancestors will bless me, I will not be disturbed by ghosts and gods!"

Then someone brought in a basin of black dog blood and splashed it on the statue of Jochi, and the two Taoist priests next to him chanted words, as if they were doing things.

Then suddenly lift the sledgehammer next to it.

Touch! Touch! Touch!

Three loud bangs rang out in the hearts of Guiyou and Uluchi, leaving their heads blank and too late to react.

The damned Song people actually smashed the holy elephant directly.

Then a Taoist priest suddenly lost his soul and shouted, "There is a pattern!" ”

The crowd went up to take a look.

A conspicuous hard lump floated out of the statue, and a blood-colored pattern appeared, but it was not a Chinese character, but a Mongolian script.

"If brothers do not agree, the country will be in danger!"

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